A common question asked by clients with automobile accident and personal injury lawsuits is how long their case will take. It is natural for clients to wonder when they will be able to recover financially for the injuries and damages that they have incurred. Medical bills begin to arrive shortly after an accident, and many […]
Category Archives: Personal Injury Claims
Did you know that most personal injury cases do not go to trial? Approximately five to ten percent of the accident cases that are handled by the Giddens Law Firm, P.A. are tried to jury verdict, while all of the others are settled before a trial. These numbers are consistent with the national average settlement […]
If your child was injured at birth, you may already be feeling the weight of your responsibilities as parents. Depending upon which type of birth injury your child has, you may be learning how to care for injuries that could last for weeks, months, years, or a lifetime, in addition to providing the love and […]
Many of us use lawn mowers on a regular basis. However, many of us may not think about just how dangerous they can be. Two recent Mississippi accidents involving lawn mowers illustrate that lawn mower accidents can result in fatalities, in addition to serious and permanent injuries. One lawn mower accident involved a ride-on mower […]
When you think about birth injuries, you may think that parents notice them immediately after their babies are born. While it is true that some birth injuries are visible right away, there are others which remain obscured from view until well after the baby is born. Birth injuries come in many forms, and the ways […]
When a person is physically injured at work, it is likely that they will receive worker’s compensation benefits. However, not all injuries are physical in nature. Psychological injuries can happen at work, and there is a large amount of variation in whether states provide worker’s compensation coverage for the three different categories of psychological workplace […]
In the summer, water sports are a great way to stay cool and have fun. From swimming and fishing to boating, wakeboarding, tubing, and using jet-skis, there are water-related activities that appeal to just about everyone. Unfortunately, any water-related activity can result in injury. Recently, a man was injured while riding a jet-ski on the […]
Sometimes, an expectant mother carries her baby until it is close to the time that they are expected to be born, only to have them die before or during delivery. When a baby dies at any point in time after the twentieth week of a pregnancy, the baby is considered stillborn. Most babies who are […]
More lawsuits are springing up around the country which allege that Glaxo Smith Kline’s drug Zofran caused multiple different types of birth defects in unborn babies when mothers took the drug during their pregnancies. The lawsuits have alleged to following types of defects resulting from the use of Zofran during pregnancy: abdominal defects heart defects […]
Mississippi Brain Injury Association The Brain Injury Association of Mississippi was founded in 1987 and serves people throughout the state of Mississippi. It is a private, non-profit corporation whose goal is to serve persons with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, their families, caregivers, and professionals. The Association is an affiliated member of the Brain Injury Association of America. The Brain Injury Association of Mississippi is a 501(c)(3) […]
